“Make the most money, in the quickest time, for the lowest risk with the least aggravation”
Steve McKnight

Your ship was spotted off the coast this morning, slipping silently through the fog… coming around the cape she appeared in a shaft of sunlight… and what a sight to see! Glimmering as much as the ocean herself. Massive and beautiful beyond belief! Laden with treasures, happy times, friends, love, and laughter. Quick, you must PREPARE for her…[Read more]

Lol….

was actually thinking before I posted that….
Must be some council bureaucrat keeping himself in a job ….

On a serious note yesterday view a 809 –  lmr2 –  20 mtr frontage where most of the street…. 99.9 % within say 100 metres was one to two level homes at best…. but was within 400 from rail…… Wondered about the 3 levels…[Read more]

Darryl

(c) containing a building over 8.5m above ground level or is over two storeys is more than 10m from any lot containing a dwelling house (where no approval for a multiple dwelling or single unit dwelling exists

for a simpleton like me….. What's that mean?

Michael

I'm of the opinion the way to go with these lots is to actually bluid and market/sell…
Takes the focus off the size/ frontage etc..
treat it as a freehold town home site…… 

Sorry Darryl….
haven't  lurked here for a well..
SS also….

Thanks Darryl
good catching up today
Michael

We have  used Lavbl Design – Laurence last few projects ..worth a call  no fuss down to earth

Does the maths add up to start  with?

Plans drawn up? Has the vendor actually got development approvals in place or we talking a raw site?

Valuation? Who's prepared this? Valuer or real estate agent?

Considering asking price for a 8 units makes it 175k a site add associated costs like  construction , BA costs , council contributions, GST etc…[Read more]

christianb wrote:
A couple of quotes from unlikely sources. For fans of the sweet science.Mike Tyson: "Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face."To me it says be ready to accept things as they are. “The Service you do for others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.” Ali.“If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can be…[Read more]

Had similair issue last year………. CGU covered it …. I find it  better to contact a broker who has access to a wide range of insurers in these types of situations.Glad you got it sorted Elisey……

The bitterest tragic element in life to be derived from an intellectual source is the belief in a brute Fate or Destiny.RALPH WALDO EMERSON, Natural History of Intellect

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.For most we learn that lesson too late in life…. whatever you do today to secure your future…… do something!!!

"Change is hard because people overestimate the value of what they have—and underestimate the value of what they may gain by giving that up." — James Belasco and Ralph Stayer

"Land Rights for Gay Whales"

Its all about buying right in the first place….. DA will always get you a % value increase but it is dependent on the market/supply and demand.As the DA sites market is largely targeted to builders and developers that are looking at a shovel ready site…. A DA property in a bull market has a chance to  get a better return , in a bearish market…[Read more]

Wofle….getting very  good interest…and thank you for the complimentsWe do have location location and.as the agents are saying a new benchmark development for the suburb. .. quality sells …etc etc   Its also in  Greenslopes which recently got the gong in  API Magazine ( August 2011 edition) as one of the top 100 hotspots so leaning towa…[Read more]

Scott No Mates wrote:
Brisbane is a reasonably diverse place. I could recommend Hawthorne, Paddington or Bullimba but your budget is Inala. A few bones to go on?

LOL @ but your budget is Inala… Good advise from Scott… start/ stay inner city

We buying/searching inner city Brisbane development sites, however most sites that come up are either secondary sites or still overpriced  or a combination of both……  so most just sit there going stale ….. seems like a lot of sellers have bought in the recent peaks of the last few years and trying to flog them off but unfortunately for t…[Read more]

fingerscrossed wrote:
Other Property Managers in the same town are offering 7.5%.Its a tricky one as I feel I have established a good relationship with the current manager.Is this ethical

Get over it……….. you are running a business